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TIL Pakistan has planted over a billion trees in 2 years time

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PZ4e TIL Peter O'Toole found his camel saddle uncomfortable while filming Lawrence of Arabia, so he put a piece of foam rubber under it. The film’s Bedouin extras saw this and copied it, and today the practice has spread to become Bedouin tradition. They call O’Toole “Father of the Sponge”.
kdQE TIL NASA mapped the Earth at night and discovered that half of an uninhabited part of Australia is on fire - producing even more light than the capital cities.
8e1r8 TIL that the heat of the pyroclastic surge produced by the Vesuvius explosion was so great that their brains were vitrified (turned to glass). This is the first time this has been seen.
8eXmG TIL adult hippos can’t swim
5GRB TIL there is a village in Nebraska with only one resident. She acts as mayor, and even pays taxes to herself.